Plant 45S rDNA Clusters Are Fragile Sites and Their Instability Is Associated with Epigenetic Alterations

Min Huang; Hui Li; Lu Zhang; Fei Gao; Pu Wang; Yong Hu; Shihan Yan; Lin Zhao; Qi Zhang; Junjun Tan; Xincheng Liu; Shibin He; Lijia Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035139

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Plant 45S rDNA Clusters Are Fragile Sites and Their Instability Is Associated with Epigenetic Alterations

Min Huang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Hui Li,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Lu Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Fei Gao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Pu Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yong Hu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Shihan Yan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Lin Zhao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Qi Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Junjun Tan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Xincheng Liu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Shibin He,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Lijia Li

* E-mail: ljli@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Plant 45S rDNA Clusters Are Fragile Sites and Their Instability Is Associated with Epigenetic Alterations

Min Huang,
Hui Li,
Lu Zhang,
Fei Gao,
Pu Wang,
Yong Hu,
Shihan Yan,
Lin Zhao,
Qi Zhang,
Junjun Tan

Published: April 11, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035139

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